Tags: conservation of energy
Categories: Alternative conceptions
An example of an alternative conception in public science discourse:
"…chemosynthesis: an entirely different process for creating energy on earth…
chemosynthetic microbes are at the base of these food webs, not the sun, and these microbes create sugars using energy released from chemical reactions that are happening around these superheated plumes of water gushing out of these deep sea vents"
BBC Radio 4
From an episode ('Shapeshifters') of the BBC Radio 4 series 'Animal', presented by Blair Braverman.
The initial 'definition' implies energy can be created.
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